Mogersdorf

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Mogersdorf
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Burgenland
District	Jennersdorf
Mayor	Walter Dolmanits
Basic statistics
Area	12.8 km² (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m  (748 ft)
Population	1,166  (10/06/2008)
- Density	91 /km² (236 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	8382
Website	www.mogersdorf.at Coordinates: 46°57′0″N 16°14′0″E / 46.95, 16.23333

Mogersdorf (Hungarian: Nagyfalva , Slovenian: Modlinci) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in Burgenland in Austria.

Mogersdorf has a famous place in Austrian history because it was here that Raimondo Montecuccoli annihilated a 100,000-strong army of the Ottoman Empire in 1664 upon its attempt to cross the Raab river westwards towards Styria. This Battle of Mogersdorf (also known as the First Battle of St. Gotthard) was commemorated by a chapel on the nearby Schlößlberg hill. Having fallen into disrepair, it was replaced by a new building, with an unadorned but huge Christian cross at its side, in 1964.

Stonecross of Schösslberg, over Mogersdorf; monument of the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).

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